Texas photographers Peter Brown, Al Rendon, UTSA President Ricardo Romo (an avid photographer), Joel Salcido and Ansen Seale, along with curators Arturo Infante Almeida and Rex Hausmann, will travel to…
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Beth Secor’s Observations on the Texas Contemporary Art Fair
by Beth Secorby Beth Secor 6 commentsNow with two art fairs under my belt, not only does it really hurts when I sit down, but I have also become the world’s leading authority on ALL THINGS…
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Reed’s Not-Too-Creepy Valley Releases Halloween Podcast Narrated by X-Factor Celeb Dermot O’Leary
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAustin multimedia artist/illustrator Sarah Green Reed has been collaborating with UK author Matt Brown on The Creepy Valley, a story and activity site about a little monster named Keith and…
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Last week we ran a Mad Lib contest during the Texas Contemporary Art Fair, promising fame and free Glasstire t-shirts to our winners. And here they are, selected by the…
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New York Campout: Alison Ward brings Water Pod Developers to Seguin for Alternative Living Experiment
by Bill Davenport 0 commentNew York artist Alison Ward, in the papers recently for Water Pod Project, an experiment in collective green living on a barge in Manhattan, threw a Halloween party Saturday in…
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Glasstire Drawing Project #1: Life On the List, Chapter 1
by Michael Biseby Michael Bise 18 commentsThe Glasstire Drawing Project debuts with Chapter 1 of Michael Bise’s “Life On the List,” an autobiographical comic about life on the heart transplant list.
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So, I grew up on this tiny liberal arts college campus that was on an old 18th century farm in almost-rural New Hampshire. There was a legendary ghost, Emma, that…
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Hive Mind Writes Tech-Art Book in Seven Days; Andrea Grover Queen Bee
by Bill Davenport 0 commentEx-Texan arch-collaborator Andrea Grover formed a “hive mind” with writers Claire Evans, Régine Debatty, and Pablo Garcia, and designers Luke Bulman and Jessica Young of Thumb Projects earlier this year…
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Dan Cameron, Curator and founder of Prospect 1 New Orleans announced last week that he was turning the creative reins of the three-year-old project over to former Menil curator Franklin…
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People’s Art Show to Occupy Austin City Hall in 2012, Needs Local Art!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe City of Austin is looking for local art to fill City Hall for next year’s popular annual People’s Gallery Exhibition. This year the show will run from February 24,…
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Looking at two new books that recently landed in my lap, I’m reminded of Dave Hickey’s description of the therapeutic institution. That would be the museum or ICA or biennial…
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Public art manager Glen Weiss has been named as the new Executive Director of the Houston Art League, arriving fresh from NY, where he was the fonding manager of the…
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Internationally acclaimed painter and sculptor Eric Fischl will present the inaugural Naomi Turner True Lecture at the Glassell School of Art this afternon, Friday, October 28, at 6 p.m. The…
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Gonzo247 and Merge360 Unveil Houston Library Garage Mural TODAY at 3!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAerosol Warfare’s enormous mural, twining its way through the Houston Public Library’s underground parking garage is finished, and will be unveiled TODAY, Thursday, Oct 27 from 3-5 pm at the…
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“In the war, things were in terrible turmoil. What I had learned at the academy was of no use to me and the useful new ideas were still unready… Everything…
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Brooklyn -based Performance Artist Marni Kotak gave birth to a healthy baby boy in New York’s Microscope Gallery on Tuesday. The culmination of her exhibition, The Birth of Baby X,…
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Mind your Ps and Qs: my peeves and qualms about the Texas Contemporary Art Fair.
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2X2 = $4.8 million (+ the chicken and the egg)
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 5 commentsYou’ve by now heard tell of how this year’s TWO x TWO guest of honor, the artist Mark Grotjahn, got all perschnickered on art-party libations, stumbled off scene just before his…
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In November 2011 the Washington On Westcott Roundabout Initiative (WOW) will break ground on the installation of its newest feature—“The Light Garden,” by artist Tim Glover. In the coming months,…
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The second whoppin’ big art fair has come to a close, and oh! I have so much to say that I doubt, what with today’s average attention span, any one…